Originally from WCU’s public relations office Fall semester 2020 will look different than anything Western Carolina University has experienced before. Residential living move-in began Saturday, Aug. 1, with carefully coordinated measures of physical distancing, frequent sanitizing and other health measures in place, and no disruptions or problems were experienced, according to Keith Corzine, associate vice chancellor […]
Sylva leaders move to address statue issue
July 31, 2020 by
By Dave Russell Originally published in The Sylva Herald on July 30, 2020. The decision to remove the Confederate monument on the Courthouse steps overlooking Sylva belongs with Jackson County and the state. That didn’t stop Sylva’s town board from making its feelings known Monday by 3-2 vote approving a resolution asking county commissioners to […]
A look ahead to the Nov. 3 election
July 31, 2020 by
Originally published in The Sylva Herald on July 30, 2020. The Nov. 3 general election is fewer than 100 days away, and Jackson County residents have some big decisions to make. Below is a sample of some of the candidates in the running. For the Jackson County Board of Commissioners District 3 seat, Democrat Susan […]
Monumental issue: Debate over statue draws varied perspectives
June 25, 2020 by
Originally published in The Sylva Herald on June 25, 2020. As signatures increase on dueling change.org petitions – one to remove Sylva’s Confederate monument and one to leave it alone – and the number of marchers grows, government officials and others have responded to the issue. Sylva has seen a vigil and two marches supporting […]
Governor signs legislative ‘mini-budget’ providing final $16.5 million for WCU steam plant project
June 22, 2020 by
Gov. Roy Cooper sign on a legislative “mini-budget” providing the final $16.5 million appropriation to fund replacement of Western Carolina University’s decades-old steam plant. University officials say that late Chancellor David O. Belcher must be smiling down from above. The “mini budget” was signed on Friday, June 19. Belcher, who died in June 2018 after […]
Community again debates monument
June 19, 2020 by
Originally published in The Sylva Herald on June 18, 2020. He stands sentinel over Sylva as silent as a tomb, but the Confederate soldier statue on the Courthouse steps has set tongues to wagging and fingers to typing. Dueling petitions about the monument have sprung up on change.org, a website used to draw support […]
